Safety cabinet for gas plates and ranges



A A. W. CHENEY.

SAFETY CABINET FOR GAS PLATES AND HANGES. APPLICATION EILED IAN. 24, 1921.

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ANSON W. CHENEY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SAFETY CABINET FOR GAS PLATES AND R/Alil'G-Ilils.v

Application led January 24, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANsoN W. CHENEY, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Cabinets for Gas Plates and Ranges, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a cabinet or box which is designed for the reception of an ordinary gas or oil plate or stove and which may also be placed upon a gas range or stove of any kind, the purpose of this being to collect and convey'aw'ay to a chimney, or to some other outside destination, the gas fumes, and also to collect and carry away any gas which may escape from the plate or stove when not in use.

The object of my invention isv to make it safer to use such stoves and heating devices and thus make it possible to have them in living rooms without danger.

The features of my invention which I believe to be new will be hereinafter defined in the claim. Y

The accompanying drawings show my invention in its preferred form of construction.

Figure 1 is a front view of the device, close Figure 2 is a transverse cross section through the same.

This device consists essentially of a box or cabinet which is constructed of sheet metal and provided with a door opening, the upper edge of which is located at a suiiicient distance below the top of the cabinet to form an effective gas collecting hood l0. The upper edge of the door opening is indicated at ll in the device as shown. A pipe l2, or a nipple upon which a pipe may be placed, is connected with the top of the cabinet. A pipe may be led from this to a chimney or any other suitable safe place for the .discharge of the gas.

I provide doors, as 2, hinged as at 20, to swing horizontally and, when closed, to form a smooth front side of the cabinet. I may also employ an auxiliary door or swinging plate, as 3, which is hinged as at 30, along the upper line of the door, operating to swing up and down. The doors 2, when the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1922.

Serial No. 439,433.

swinging plate 3 is employed, need only be of sufficient length to overlap the lower edge of said plate 3. When the swinging plate 3 is not employed the doors 2 will then Abe of such length as to overlap the upper edge of the door opening.

I employ, when the device is intended for use with a gas plate, a floor as 4 which is elevated slightly above the lower edge of the cabinet so as to form an air space beneath it. Upon this the gas plate is placed, When the device is used with a gas stove, the fioor is omitted and it is placed over the burners. I also provide openings as l() for the entrance of sufficient air for purposes of combustion and such an opening or openings as may be necessary for the entrance of the pipe or tube which supplies gas to the burners.

The use ofthe downwardly swinging plate i 3 forms a rather deeper hood for the collection of the gas fumes. It therefore tends to make the device somewhat safer and also makes it possible to obtain a somewhat larger opening for the purpose of placingvessels upon and removing them from the gas plate. Cutting the doors 2 short 'and supplementing this by means of the swinging plate 3, makes it convenient for inspecting or watching the cooking as it progresses,

and yet furnishes greater security against the escape of fumes into the room. Enclosing a gas plate within a cabinet in this manner also retains the heat of the gas and applies it more thoroughly to the veseels in which food is being cooked. It makes it possible to use an ordinary gas plate in a living room with perfect safety.`

What I claim as my invention is:

A cabinet for gas plates having a 'door opening in its front and a flue connection at its top, the top edge of the` door opening being located well below the top of the cabinet to form a gas collecting hood, a plate hinged along the upper edge of the door opening and adapted when swung down to reduce the effective opening and horizontal swinging doors adapted to close the remainder of the opening.

Signed at Seattle, King County, Washingi 

